chevron company reporting earnings of $2.69, lower than estimates of $2.83, that analysts expected. revenue looks below expectations. exxon had a great number because of refining margins so i don't know why this would be below. hopefully we looked apples to apples. >> coming up we've got the jobs effect on next week's presidential election, up next we'll talk to glenn hubbard, economic adviser to the romney campaign and dean of the columbia business school to get his thoughts on the number. >>> welcome back to "squawk box." lets aget to the jobs report and the political impact of the employment numbers. joining us now columbia business school dean and romney campaign economic advicer glenn hubbard. glenn, good to see you. >> good morning. >> thanks. in addition to it being a pretty good overall number, the 170 number this month some people are saying the revisions to last month do show a pick-up in something. is it the housing market that came around? is it a good number? >> well i think that our expectations may be dumbed down a bit. it's consistent with about 2% gdp growth and we